On the other hand, when I bring the crossword puzzle along, I have something intellectually stimulating to do when the lecture gets too slow, so I stay awake :)
Plus it has the added benefit of increasing my knowledge, as opposed to my other stand-by: pulling out my laptop, which tends to just waste my time :D
For instance, in the midst of discussing p-channel MOSFET differential amplifiers and improving their gain by means of a current mirror active load configuration, I learned this today:
- Latin name for Troy
- Ilium
- Capital of Togo
- Lome
- Tea serving, in Britain
- Cuppa <-- wtf is that?
- Cockamamy
- Inane
I didn't know any of those clues, but was able to fill in the cross words for all but Ilium. Two boxes there I had to look up, with a few more for a total of 4 today. Not bad.
And just for grins, here were this author's "clever" clues:
- Tasty zoo
- Animal Crackers
- Carrot patch, e.g.
- Vegetable Garden
- What a geologist makes at the bank?
- Mineral Deposit
The sad part is that I actually got all three of those with only about 4 letters each, but I was stuck on "Rim holder" --> Backboard for like 20 minutes, when I had _ _ C K B _ A _ _.
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I used to play a shooter game on my calculator during Stats lectures to stay awake. It worked and I definitely learned more doing that than sitting in a stupor.
I always wonder what the prof thought considering I sat in the front row.
Jon, I remember that. :) I'm surprised I stayed awake as long as I did in those classes. I'm sure the Prof thought "Why is he even here?" while talking about PDFs, (not Adobe PDF) :-P
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